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ELEPHANT. 



Largest elephant ever killed by Col. G. P. Sanderson, vertical height 

 at shoulder 9 ft. 7 in. ; length from tip of trunk to tip of tail 26 ft. 

 2w in, ; tusks protruding from gum 2 ft. 4^ in. ; tusks when taken out 

 5 ft. ; tusk circumference at gum i ft. 4^^ in. ; tusk weight of each 

 372 lbs. 



Indian Elephants at Zoological Society's Gardens (P.Z.S. 1879 



and 1881). 



